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World Service,06 Nov 2025,26 mins

Elon Musk’s record $1 trillion pay deal approved

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Tesla shareholders have voted to approve a massive pay package meant to retain the services of its billionaire CEO Elon Musk. The deal requires Musk, who is already the world's richest man, to drastically raise the electric car firm's market value over a period of years. Also, U.S. passengers brace for disruption as airports cut flights amid the government shutdown. And a judge in the US state of Texas has agreed to dismiss a criminal case against aviation giant Boeing in connection with two plane crashes that killed more than three hundred and forty people in 2018 and 2019.

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